Jennings Trail Minuteman - Westport, CT - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The sculpture depicts an armed Minuteman from the American Revolutionary War, crouching on one knee, with a resolute look on his face. It currently stands in a traffic circle at the intersection of Compo Road South and Compo Beach Road in Westport, Connecticut.

The statue commemorates American resistance to a British raid, begun nearby on Compo Beach, aimed at destroying an American military storage depot in Danbury. The 2,000 redcoats largely succeeded in their mission, but thanks to their discovery -- and destruction-by-guzzling -- of a large store of rum, they became (shall we say) disorganized and suffered heavy casualties as they were forced to retreat.

As the Smithsonian website's information notes, this is apparently not the original location of the statue; it was apparently moved here some time between 1910 and 2010.

There is another plaque marking this particular conflict at the intersection of Compo Road and the Post Road, to the north of here near downtown Westport.

TITLE: Jennings Trail Minuteman ARTIST(S): H. Daniel Webster DATE: 1910 MEDIUM: Metal, on stone base, with plaques CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 77006731 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Intersection of Compo Road South and Compo Beach Road, Westport, Connecticut. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Because of the snow cover at the time I visited the sculpture I was unable to see whether the extra plaque across the street was still there. It was probably under snow.

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